http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide Life with technology Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:58:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "The Samsung Instinct, which has many of the same features as the Apple iPhone, differs from the iPhone in one major way: Its monthly price plan, which will dramatically undercut the iPhone plan announced last week by Rogers Wireless. A subscriber can buy the Instinct for as low as $149.95 and ... http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/07/03/bell-sees-the-opportunity/ I've been following the status of the ongoing protest of the Rogers rate plan for the iPhone at [http://ruinediphone.com](http://ruinediphone.com), and checking [Google News regularly for news updates](http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&ned=ca&q=rogers+iphone&ie=UTF-8&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=h&as_mind=30&as_minm=6&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=7). I found it interesting that while the other major news organizations in Canada have carried the story in one form or another, and ... http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/07/02/letter-to-citytvbreakfast-televisioncable-pulse-24/ Canada's in an uproar, and once again [Rogers](http://rogers.com) is the cause. It's not very often that Canadians speak out about anything. But now the [country is speaking](http://ruinediphone.com), and the country is upset with the [rate plans Rogers introduced for the iPhone](http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-products/iphone_voice_data_packages). There are only 2 other instances I can remember of ... http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/06/30/upset-canadians/ globeandmail.com: Heavy web downloaders face broadband fees This infuriates me. The lack of choices in the Canadian market. The lack of a regulatory body that works for the people, not the communications industry. It's not the downloading cap, it's that these companies get to choose the Internet we Canadians get to experience, ... http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/03/28/heavy-web-downloaders-face-broadband-fees/ ollicle: Ollicle Reflex refined for smarter feed reading When I first started using NetNewsWire, I began using a theme called Citizen Kubric (no longer available online, that I could find). When it came time to install NetNewsWire on my new MacBook Pro, I was unable to locate this theme, and ended ... http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/03/15/ollicle-ollicle-reflex-refined-for-smarter-feed-reading/ I've been meaning to write this post for over four months. It started in my head as separate posts, but they never were completed. So now there's one big post. There is plenty of change to talk about. Some minor, some life altering. The biggest change occurred at the end of ... http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/03/09/changes/ With the change to daylight savings time, a sign that spring is on the way, upon us, it's quite a surprise to be getting record setting snowfall. I'm so tired of shoveling. update: Just came in from the third shovel of the day. Another 8 inches on the driveway, and the ... http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/03/08/this-is-spring/ "Open Terminal Here" and lselect (glob select) in Leopard Finder: The Pug Automatic: "" Sometimes it's just easier to drop into a terminal, this makes it really easy. http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/02/06/open-terminal-here-and-lselect-glob-select-in-leopard-finder-u2013-the-pug-automatic/ I've recently started watching video on my iPod Touch while exercising on our elliptical machine. I place the iPod on the book holder, plug in headphones, and off I go. I had been watching TV or movies on the TV near the elliptical, but the whole view is blocked by ... http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/02/06/itunes-and-video/ Last week we placed 2 orders with the online AppleStore. Due to availability Apple broke the orders into 3 separate shipments. On Monday we ordered a new 24" iMac to replace my aging 1.25Ghz G4 PowerBook. The shipping lead time was 1 - 3 days, with a 2 - 3 day ... http://blogs.sackheads.org/hide/2008/01/28/tale-of-2-applestore-orders/